The muffled TrueHD soundtrack is a result of Dynamic Range Compression. The DRC was accidentally flagged to "on" in the mastering process, and was one reason the disc was recalled.
Avoid the DRC muffled audio issue by deactivating DRC it in your player's setup menu (not the disc menu, but the player menu.)
Guess Paramount underestimated the number of BD-Live players that would be hitting their server on release day.
Whoever thought it was a good idea to force BD-Live content download needs a nice long talking to. I don't recall having this problem with internet based HD DVD content as it was only pulled on demand, not upon insert.
Is this a Profile 2.0 spec problem, a stupid default setting on BD-Live capable players or something that the disc is forcing?
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It's happening. I put my Iron Man disc into my PS3 and is just sits at the "blue chest loading screen." As of 8PM CST I can't get any further.
Disc 2 plays just fine.
I can't speak for the muffled TrueHD soundtrack.
Tried it again. It took 6 minutes, but it finally came up. Happy as a clam.
The muffled TrueHD soundtrack is a result of Dynamic Range Compression. The DRC was accidentally flagged to "on" in the mastering process, and was one reason the disc was recalled.
Avoid the DRC muffled audio issue by deactivating DRC it in your player's setup menu (not the disc menu, but the player menu.)
Guess Paramount underestimated the number of BD-Live players that would be hitting their server on release day.
Whoever thought it was a good idea to force BD-Live content download needs a nice long talking to. I don't recall having this problem with internet based HD DVD content as it was only pulled on demand, not upon insert.
Is this a Profile 2.0 spec problem, a stupid default setting on BD-Live capable players or something that the disc is forcing?